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incipit
12-19-04, 10:09 PM
Is there any biking shown on TV these days?

From road to mountain anything...?

Maelstrom
12-19-04, 10:11 PM
Drop-in
World CUp sometimes
BMX all the time
Local whistler channel

I get some :D
anthonaut
12-20-04, 12:02 AM
There used to be a show on once a week here that covered the downhill racing here. But then that got canned and a surfing show got put on instead :( . I have just discovered that a 'nature' show has started to put DH on it every once in a while. SO i'm going to keep an eye on that.

Hopper
12-20-04, 04:27 PM
What show is that. And is it real DH or is it little XCing down slopes and the cameras are trying to make it look extreme. I hate it when TV shows do that.
Kidafa
12-22-04, 12:49 AM
What show is that. And is it real DH or is it little XCing down slopes and the cameras are trying to make it look extreme. I hate it when TV shows do that.

Hopper i can think of an XC rider like that lol.... can you guess?
swifferman
12-22-04, 09:45 AM
i have this trendy outdoor network channel and it shows outdoor sports and a couple of times I've seen biking stuff. I saw a couple crazy downhill ones and it was sweet but that was before I rode for fun.
ementophobic
12-22-04, 11:22 AM
the extreme channel here in england show things quite often usually bout once a day.
saw a great program on a resort in austria today which included downhill, freeride, dirt jumps and a slopestyle comp
anthonaut
12-22-04, 06:39 PM
Hopper i can think of an XC rider like that lol.... can you guess?

Well, who could that be?
anthonaut
12-22-04, 06:40 PM
What show is that. And is it real DH or is it little XCing down slopes and the cameras are trying to make it look extreme. I hate it when TV shows do that.

Well, believe it or not, but Totally Wild has DH on it :eek: ! There is proof because if you watch the start of the show it shows some DH action!
Kidafa
12-22-04, 11:27 PM
Yeah TW has it at intro, bearley see any in the show, and TA (Totally Australia) has had some, i think TA is just a day time prog of TW? and it goes for longer
hebrew_rider
12-22-04, 11:36 PM
they have a lot more shows in canada, but down here, biking shows are scarce.
anthonaut
12-23-04, 01:13 AM
Yeah TW has it at intro, bearley see any in the show, and TA (Totally Australia) has had some, i think TA is just a day time prog of TW? and it goes for longer

Better than nothing.